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"The Story in Your Eyes" is a 1971 hit single by the English rock band the Moody Blues. Written by the band's guitarist Justin Hayward, it was first released as a single with "My Song" on the B-side, and then on the 1971 album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour shortly after.

"The Story in Your Eyes"
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
B-side
  • "My Song" (Netherlands)
  • "Melancholy Man" (US)
Released27 August 1971
Recorded4 November 1970
GenreProgressive rock, blues rock, hard rock
Length
  • 2:57 (album)
  • 3:07 (single)
LabelThreshold
Songwriter(s)Justin Hayward
Producer(s)Tony Clarke
The Moody Blues singles chronology
"Question"
(1970)
"The Story in Your Eyes"
(1971)
"Isn't Life Strange"
(1972)
Official audio"The Story In Your Eyes" (2008 Remaster) on YouTube

Background


"The Story in Your Eyes" was the Moody Blues' last single to feature the Mellotron as it would be supplanted by the Chamberlin, a similar instrument, in time for their next album, Seventh Sojourn. The SACD release of the album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour contains a version of "The Story in Your Eyes" that has the Mellotron in dominant role.

Cashbox described it as a "scorching rocker" that is "certain to make quite an impact in underground and pop markets."[1]


Personnel



Chart positions


Year Chart Position
1971 Billboard Hot 100[2] 23

Cover versions



References


  1. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 31 July 1971. p. 18. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 588.
  3. "L.A., L.A. - Stiv Bators" via www.allmusic.com.
  4. "Release "Sky Full of Holes" by Fountains of Wayne - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org.



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